/*
 *  Copyright 2008 Mark Ashworth <javameme@gmail.com>.
 * 
 *  Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 * 
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 *  under the License.
 */
package metaphor.service;

/**
 *
 * @author Mark Ashworth <javameme@gmail.com>
 * @version 1.0.0
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface ApplicationManager {
    /**
     * Returns the data access object
     * @return Object
     * @throws metaphor.service.ServiceException If the dao does not exist
     */
    Object getDao() throws ServiceException;

    /**
     * Returns the security manager
     * @return Security Manager
     * @throws ServiceException If the security manager could not be loaded
     */
    metaphor.service.SecurityManager getSecurityManager() throws ServiceException;

    /**
     * Returns the bean defined by the name.
     * @param name The name of the bean
     * @return Object
     */
    Object getBean(String name) throws ServiceException;
    
    /**
     * Returns the bean defined by the name and the class that the bean must be.
     * @param name The name of the bean
     * @param beanClass The class of the bean
     * @return Object
     */
    Object getBean(String name, Class beanClass) throws ServiceException;
}
